In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 6 May 2005 19:30:20 -0700: Hi, [snip] >If the E Coli are genetically altered to make ethanol, it would >seem that inebriation is the largest risk factor... not some >strange Ebola-like thing. Genes are very limited, specialized and >specific in what they can do. Plus, if you modify for one trait, >then you probably end up limiting the ability of the new strain to >do anything very different, compared to the natural variety which >can be very deadly - but this technology is unlikely to increase >that problem. [snip] This particular development is perhaps one of the most benign examples. However E. Coli seems to be a favourite of bio-engineers. I have also seen it mentioned in other experiments.
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